Battles on Video presents videos from previous Battle of Ideas festivals, interviews and opinion pieces by speakers and participants, as well as specially produced in-depth discussions.
31 10 10: Rape and the law: he said, she said?
31 10 10: Trafficking: new slave trade or moral panic?
31 10 10: From banning burqas to B&B bigots: can Europe tolerate religious tolerance?
30 10 10: Your conscience, my health: the right to refuse?
14 10 10: From open values to burqa bans: have Europeans lost the habit of tolerance?
01 11 09: Should physician-assisted dying be legalised?
31 10 09: Rethinking Freedom in an Illiberal Age
02 11 08: Too Many Laws?
02 11 08: Adopting Orthodoxies - Emily Buchanan
"Who would choose to go to a session on free will at 10:30 on a Sunday morning? A few hundred of the most engaged, passionate and discursive participants I have encountered. As a neuroscientist on the panel I felt my science was aired and challenged in exemplary fashion. As a passionate believer in engagement I couldn’t have been more delighted."
Daniel Glaser, head, special projects, public engagement, Wellcome Trust
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